Re: sed script fails to run in dash

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On 11/22/2013 11:11 AM, Tormen wrote:

>     sed -e 1$'{w/dev/stdout\n;d}' -i /tmp/x
> 
> in a dash script will yield the error message:
> 
>     sed: -e expression #1, char 2: unknown command: `$'
> 
> But why ? :(

Because $'' is not (yet) in POSIX.  It will be required in a future
release, but dash hasn't implemented it yet.

http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=249

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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